Idaho County, Idaho Genealogy Trails

Welcome to Idaho County, Idaho Genealogy and History

Welcome to Genealogy Trails

Volunteers Working to Put Free Historical Data Online

This website is part of the Genealogy Trails family and our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

My name is Sandra Davis and as your Idaho County temporary host I try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/death/birth records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newpaper items -- anything that would help someone build their family tree!

Feel free to email me with your contributions -- every little bit helps!

I regret that I am unable to do personal research.

Idaho County, Idaho

Established
February 4, 1864

Idaho County is a county located in the State of Idaho. As of the 2000 Census the county had a population of 15,511. The county seat is Grangeville. Previous county seats were Florence (1864-1875) and Mount Idaho (1875-1902). At just over 8,500 square miles, Idaho County is the state's largest county by area.

Idaho County was originally founded as a region of the Washington Territory in 1861, named for a steamer called Idaho that was launched on the Columbia River in 1860 and served miners during the gold rush in north Idaho. It was reorganized by the Idaho Territorial Legislature on February 4, 1864. In this context, the name of the county predates both the Idaho Territory and the State of Idaho.

Idaho County has two time zones, divided by the Salmon River. Most of the county is in the Pacific Time Zone, but those areas south of the Salmon River, including the city of Riggins, are in the Mountain Time Zone.

ONLINE DATA

Census Data	Death Records	Newspaper Items	Obituaries	Cemeteries
Marriage Records	Military Data	Biographies	Births	Land Records
Historical Data	Cities and Towns	Court Records	Schools	Updates

I will be adding information as I can but I also need your help! Please consider sharing any information you have so that we can build this site into a valuable resource for the
researchers of Idaho.

Surrounding Counties

Clearwater County
(North)
Missoula County, MT
(Northeast)
Ravalli County, MT
(East)
Lemhi County
(Southeast)
Valley County
(South)
Adams County
(Southwest)
Wallowa County, OR
(West)
Nez Perce County
(Northwest)
Lewis County
(Northwest)

Gateway to
Idaho's Wilderness
Kooskia, Idaho County, Idaho

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